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NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program in Water Research at Colorado State University
Seminar Series in Water Resources, Hydrologic and Environmental Sciences and Engineering
This course emphasizes engineering applications of hydrologic science. Rainfall-runoff analysis. Lumped and distributed flow routing. Reservoir and river flood routing. Kinematic, diffusive and dynamic waves. Precipitation data analysis and optimal interpolation. Hydrologic design: risk analysis, hydroeconomic analysis, and analysis of uncertainty. Bayesian decision analysis. Design storms. Design flows. Hydrologic reservoir design. Watershed modeling applied to hydrologic design.
Unit Hydrograph Computation - Example (1)
Kinematic Wave Routing - Example
Muskingum Routing - Example
Level Pool Routing - Example
Recession Constants - Example
Unit Hydrograph Derivation - Example
Estimation of Horton Ratios - Example
Infiltration Computations - Example
Precipitation Data Analysis - Interception/Depression Storage - Examples
Precipitable Water - Example
EXAMPLES
Level Pool Routing Example
Muskingum Routing Example
Kinematic Wave Routing Example
The following MAPLE worksheets present applications of Composite Risk Analysis, First Order Second Moment Analysis and Advanced First Order Second Moment Analysis of uncertainty.
First Order Second Moment and Advanced First Order Second Moment Analysis of Uncertainty
The following MAPLE worksheets present applications of KRIGING for optimal estimation of Mean Areal Precipitation and for optimal interpolation (Point Estimation) of precipitation fields.
KRIGING for Optimal Mean Areal Precipitation Estimation
KRIGING for Optimal Interpolation or Point Estimation
Overland Flow Modeling Example No. 1
Overland Flow Modeling Example No. 2
The following MAPLE worksheets present applications of linear system theory to the description of hydrologic response. Optimal estimators of impulse response functions for watersheds and channels are presented.
Readings and Other Supporting Material
Derived Distributions
Kinematic waves
Gamma Function and Related Functions
Flood Hydrology and Hydraulics - Adobe PDF format Document
Overland Flow Routing - Full Dynamic Wave - Adobe PDF format Document
Distributed Flood Routing - Power Point Presentation
Lumped Flow Routing - Power Point Presentation
Synthetic Unit Hydrographs - Power Point Presentation
Unit Hydrographs and Linear System Theory - Power Point Presentation
Unit Hydrographs - Power Point Presentation
Evapotranspiration - Power Point Presentation
Precipitation Data Analysis - Power Point Presentation
Infiltration - Power Point Presentation
Snyder Unit Hydrograph (Download file in PDF format)
Jorge A. Ramirez
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April 29, 2004